ELAPID

Meaning of ELAPID in English

[el.a.pid] n [NL Elap-, Elaps, genus of snakes, fr. MGk, a fish, alter. of Gk elops] (1885): any of a family (Elapidae) of venomous snakes with grooved fangs

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ELAPID — noun Etymology: New Latin Elap-, Elaps, genus of snakes, from Middle Greek, a fish, alteration of Greek elops Date: 1885 …
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ELAPID — Any of about 200 species of venomous snakes (family Elapidae) that have short fangs fixed in the front of the …
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ELAPID — I. ˈeləpə̇d adjective Etymology: New Latin Elapidae : of or relating to the Elapidae II. noun ( -s ) : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELAPID — /el"euh pid/ , n. 1. any of numerous cosmopolitan snakes of the family Elapidae, having permanently erect fangs in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ELAPID — n. any of a number of poisonous snakes of the Elapidae family
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ELAPID — noun Etymology: New Latin Elap-, Elaps, genus of snakes, from Middle Greek, a fish, alteration of Greek elops Date: 1885 …
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ELAPID — any of about 200 venomous species of the snake family Elapidae, characterized by short fangs fixed in the front of …
Britannica English vocabulary
ELAPID — elapid BrE AmE ˈel ə pɪd § \ -əp əd ▷ elapid|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ELAPID — n. Any of about 200 species of venomous snakes (family Elapidae) that have short fangs fixed in the front of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ELAPID — n. Pronunciation: ' e-l ə -p ə d Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Elap-, Elaps, genus of snakes, from Middle …
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TAIPAN — I. noun Etymology: Chinese (Guangdong) daaih-bāan, from daaih big + bāan class Date: 1834 a powerful businessman and especially formerly …
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SEA SNAKE — noun Date: 1755 sea serpent , any of numerous venomous aquatic chiefly viviparous elapid snakes of warm seas
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MAMBA — noun Etymology: Zulu i~ Date: 1862 any of several chiefly arboreal venomous green or black elapid snakes (genus Dendroaspis ) …
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KRAIT — noun Etymology: Hindi & Urdu karait Date: 1874 any of a genus ( Bungarus ) of brightly banded extremely venomous …
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CORAL SNAKE — noun Date: circa 1772 any of several venomous chiefly tropical New World elapid snakes (genus Micrurus ) brilliantly banded in …
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COBRA — noun Etymology: Portuguese ~ (de capello), literally, hooded snake, from Latin colubra snake Date: 1802 any of several venomous Asian …
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MAMBA — Any of four or five species of slender, agile elapid snakes (genus Dendroaspis , or Dendraspis ) having large scales …
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CORAL SNAKE — Any of about 90 species of strongly patterned burrowing elapid s. "True" forms are limited to the New World, chiefly …
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COPPERHEAD — Any of several unrelated species of snake named for their reddish head. The North American copperhead ( Agkistrodon contortrix ), …
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COBRA — Any of several highly venomous elapid snakes that expand their neck ribs to form a hood. They are found in …
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BLACK SNAKE — Any of several species of all-black or nearly all-black snakes. Australian black snakes are in the elapid genus Pseudeschis . …
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ADDER — Any of several venomous snakes of the viper family (Viperidae) and the death adder, a viperlike elapid . Vipers include …
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TAIPAN — I. ˈtīˌpan noun ( -s ) Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) tai 4 pan 1 : the head of a foreign house …
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COBRA — I. ˈkōbrə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Portuguese cobra ( de capello ), literally, hooded snake, from Latin colubra, feminine …
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WHITE-LIPPED SNAKE — noun : an Australian elapid snake ( Denisonia coronoides ) that is related to the copperhead but not especially dangerous, …
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TIGER SNAKE — noun 1. : a widely distributed extremely venomous elapid snake ( Notechis scutatus ) of Australia and Tasmania that is …
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SPITTING COBRA — noun Etymology: spitting from present participle of spit (III) : a venomous elapid snake of the genus Naja that ejects …
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RINGHALS — ˈriŋˌhals noun also rin·kals ˈriŋˌkals ( -es ) Etymology: Afrikaans rinkals (formerly spelled ringhals ), from ring (from Middle Dutch …
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RED-BELLIED SNAKE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- noun 1. : any of several American colubrid snakes with coral or reddish ventral surfaces: as a. : western …
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PSEUDECHIS — “+ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from pseud- + Greek echis viper — more at echis : a genus …
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NAJA — ˈnājə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Sanskrit nāga serpent : a genus of elapid snakes comprising the true …
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BLACK SNAKE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of several snakes predominantly dark or black in color: as a. : a widely distributed …
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